"Planning for my new dog" is how my boss aptly labeled my day.
This and thats about my "Planning for my new dog day":
i. My cousin is giving me a labrador puppy. I'm soooo excited.
ii. The last time I brought up a puppy, I was heartbroken because when he got bigger, he accidentally swallowed a steel nail. That's why it took so long before I was ready to have a new dog again. His name was Mojacko.
iii. My dog's name is going to be "Fujin", named after the Japanese god of wind (or I think that's what it means. or was it god of air? ). I've always had this affinity for breezes and for breathing. Breezes and breathing just make me feel so at peace. Fujin is also nice because my new dog is a girl. It's the first time I'm going to have a girl dog.
iv. I actually have another dog at home. His name is Max. He's a German Sheperd. I can't play with him though because he has "galis". He looks sickly because he is really thin and he has galis. But though he looks scrawny, he's quite an attack dog, which is a good thing. Thank you, Max, for keeping our house rat-free.
v. I wonder how a mix of a German Sheperd and a labrador will look like.
vi. I want Fujin to be an in-house dog. My dad however doesn't like dogs inside the house. I'm still figuring out what strategy to take to convince my dad to let Fujin inside the house. I think what I'll do is let Fujin stay outside first, toilet-train her, then show my dad that my dog is fit to stay inside the house (Dad, if you're reading this, see how much I want my dog in the house?). What I still don't know is where to put Fujin in the meantime. I don't want her to stay in the same doghouse as Max because she might get his galis.
vii. Since I can't be in the house all the time to toilet-train Fujin, since I'm working and all that, and since our maid doesn't seem too excited about doing the toilet-training themselves (ofcourse, who would be?), I'll give her an incentive by offering her P1,000 a month for taking care of my dog while I'm out at work.
viii. It's such a coincidence that the picture for my blog is a dog (well, actually it's a wolf cub but i don't think anybody will notice unless i point it out).
I'm picking up my new dog this Saturday. I'm sooo sooooooo excited!
February 19, 2004
February 18, 2004
Letting Go
It seems quite a coincidence that so many things with my life right now are revolving around the theme of "letting go". Sometimes, it makes me think that God is intentionally setting things up so that I'll be forced to think about the subject.
Here is one instance. The following is a beautiful piece about Letting Go that a client of ours accidentally emailed to me.
" LET IT GO
There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you
this -- when people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don't want
you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you,
calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you.
I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never
tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us
that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they
been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not
joined to you, you can get super glue and you can't make them stay. Let
them go. And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means
that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when
people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise
the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.
You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got
the gift of good bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good
bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know
whatever God means for me to have he'll give it to me. And if it takes
too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them
go! LET IT GO..
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was
never intended for your life, then you need to.....LET IT GO!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains.... LET IT GO!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth...LET
IT GO!
If someone has angered you..... LET IT GO!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge....LET IT GO!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction.....LET IT GO!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or
talents..... LET IT GO!
If you have a bad attitude......LET IT GO!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better.....LET IT GO!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level
in Him...... LET IT GO!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....LET IT
GO!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help himself.....
LET IT GO!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed....... LET IT GO!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling
yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need
to......LET IT GO!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new
thing for 2004! LET IT GO!
Get Right or Get Left...think about it, then LET IT GO!
LET Gods Love, Peace and Blessings be with you always... "The past cannot
be changed.......the future is still in your power!"
This email was a truly welcome accident.
Here is one instance. The following is a beautiful piece about Letting Go that a client of ours accidentally emailed to me.
" LET IT GO
There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you
this -- when people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don't want
you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you,
calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you.
I mean hang up the phone.
When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never
tied to anybody that left. The bible said that, they came out from us
that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they
been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]
People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not
joined to you, you can get super glue and you can't make them stay. Let
them go. And it doesn't mean that they are a bad person it just means
that their part in the story is over. And you've got to know when
people's part in your story is over so that you don't keep trying to raise
the dead. You've got to know when it's dead.
You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got
the gift of good bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good
bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know
whatever God means for me to have he'll give it to me. And if it takes
too much sweat I don't need it. Stop begging people to stay. Let them
go! LET IT GO..
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was
never intended for your life, then you need to.....LET IT GO!
If you are holding on to past hurts and pains.... LET IT GO!
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth...LET
IT GO!
If someone has angered you..... LET IT GO!
If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge....LET IT GO!
If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction.....LET IT GO!
If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or
talents..... LET IT GO!
If you have a bad attitude......LET IT GO!
If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better.....LET IT GO!
If you're stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level
in Him...... LET IT GO!
If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship....LET IT
GO!
If you keep trying to help someone who won't even try to help himself.....
LET IT GO!
If you're feeling depressed and stressed....... LET IT GO!
If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling
yourself and God is saying "take your hands off of it," then you need
to......LET IT GO!
Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new
thing for 2004! LET IT GO!
Get Right or Get Left...think about it, then LET IT GO!
LET Gods Love, Peace and Blessings be with you always... "The past cannot
be changed.......the future is still in your power!"
This email was a truly welcome accident.
February 13, 2004
a time of firsts
I like my new policy nowadays to always try to do something new.
1. NOEL CABANGON ROCKS!!!
70s Bistro. Noel Cabangon.
Listening to him just raised my appreciation of music to a whole new level. When I came in, I was in a bad mood because of the Mayor thing in Sitio Maporak. But listenig to Noel was just something else. Watching him on stage really just made me happy (no word can better express the experience). This is a testament to how music truly matters in life because it brings us joy and, yes, hope into people's lives. That means a lot. I guess, sometimes, making someone feel lighter about life even for just a short time makes all the difference. This just proves to me that the job of true artists is not a small thing.
Noel, saludo ako sa iyo!
2. THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT WENSHA SPA!!!
It was my first time to go to a spa yesterday ---- but what makes my trip more interesting is that, because I haven't been to a spa before, I didn't realize that I went to a whole different kind of spa altogether.
...
COMMUNAL BATH AND SHOWER.
Everyone was naked, so when in Rome,do what the Romans do.
and one other thing... nobody told me that you were supposed to take a shower, go to the hot jacuzzi, then the cold jacuzzi, then lastly head for the sauna. It's not supposed to be in any other order.
--------------------------
All this makes me ask --- Will there ever be a time in my life when there will be nothing new left for me to do?
1. NOEL CABANGON ROCKS!!!
70s Bistro. Noel Cabangon.
Listening to him just raised my appreciation of music to a whole new level. When I came in, I was in a bad mood because of the Mayor thing in Sitio Maporak. But listenig to Noel was just something else. Watching him on stage really just made me happy (no word can better express the experience). This is a testament to how music truly matters in life because it brings us joy and, yes, hope into people's lives. That means a lot. I guess, sometimes, making someone feel lighter about life even for just a short time makes all the difference. This just proves to me that the job of true artists is not a small thing.
Noel, saludo ako sa iyo!
2. THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT WENSHA SPA!!!
It was my first time to go to a spa yesterday ---- but what makes my trip more interesting is that, because I haven't been to a spa before, I didn't realize that I went to a whole different kind of spa altogether.
...
COMMUNAL BATH AND SHOWER.
Everyone was naked, so when in Rome,do what the Romans do.
and one other thing... nobody told me that you were supposed to take a shower, go to the hot jacuzzi, then the cold jacuzzi, then lastly head for the sauna. It's not supposed to be in any other order.
--------------------------
All this makes me ask --- Will there ever be a time in my life when there will be nothing new left for me to do?
February 12, 2004
on forgiveness
I had recently been updated about what has been going on in my apostolate area, the Aeta community of Sitio Maporak. The Mayor of Cabangan (Maporak is located in Cabangan, Zambales) has always been oppressive (sometimes subtly, sometimes openly) towards the people in Sitio Maporak. Now, I heard he's allowed quarrying near the community. The river along the sitio(which I always enjoy crossing) had almost dried up because of the dumping of sand and rock. There are now barbed wires and bolldozers everywhere around the area. They even almost bulldozed some of the houses in Maporak, among other things.
It made me really upset and angry when I found out about this. This is what I emailed a friend of mine about what I was feeling at that time:
" kuya ubit,
kakabasa ko lang ng update mo. salamat sa update ha.
sa totoo lang, gusto ko nang magmura sa galit dahil sa mga naikuwento mong kawalanghiyaan na ginagawa nanaman ni mayor sa Maporak... naiinis talaga ako.
Alam mo, naniniwala naman ako na "innately" mabuti ang lahat ng tao --- pero
kapag nakakakita ako ng taong lantarang nang-aabuso ng iba, napapatanong talaga ako sa sarili ko kung paano makakagawa ng kung anu-anong kasamaan ang isang nilalang na "by nature" ay mabuti.
haay...
Naalala ko tuloy yun sabi ng isang kaibigan ko, "You have to forgive to be
able to do God's work. It's only in believing in the goodness in everyone that we realize that there really is hope."
...
Minsan, mahirap din magpatawad.
Ron
p.s. sorry kung ang drama ko. "
I pray that God overwhelms Mayor with His love.
It made me really upset and angry when I found out about this. This is what I emailed a friend of mine about what I was feeling at that time:
" kuya ubit,
kakabasa ko lang ng update mo. salamat sa update ha.
sa totoo lang, gusto ko nang magmura sa galit dahil sa mga naikuwento mong kawalanghiyaan na ginagawa nanaman ni mayor sa Maporak... naiinis talaga ako.
Alam mo, naniniwala naman ako na "innately" mabuti ang lahat ng tao --- pero
kapag nakakakita ako ng taong lantarang nang-aabuso ng iba, napapatanong talaga ako sa sarili ko kung paano makakagawa ng kung anu-anong kasamaan ang isang nilalang na "by nature" ay mabuti.
haay...
Naalala ko tuloy yun sabi ng isang kaibigan ko, "You have to forgive to be
able to do God's work. It's only in believing in the goodness in everyone that we realize that there really is hope."
...
Minsan, mahirap din magpatawad.
Ron
p.s. sorry kung ang drama ko. "
I pray that God overwhelms Mayor with His love.
February 09, 2004
3 things that make last weekend stand out from the rest
3 things that make last weekend worth remembering:
1) WELCOME TO EARTH, JOSHUA!!!
Last Saturday, my friends Tonichi, Ysabel, and I visited our friend Ate Edlyn who just gave birth. The baby's name is Joshua. He looks really Chinese, just like his mommy. He kept on drinking his dede and also pooing while we were there. Ate Edlyn says its the most Joshua has eaten. Joshua was probably making "pasikat" because he knows there are people watching. He kinda has pointy ears. I guess the poster of Legolas that I gave Ate Edlyn had an effect on Joshua. Come to think of it, I've never seen a Chinese Elf. I wonder if there are any elves in China.
I told Ate Edlyn that I want to be Joshua's ninong (though I'm not really sure if I really do want to be a ninong right now). I'm also still not sure if I'd feel bad if she doesn't actually make me Joshua's ninong.
This is the first time that I ever visited one of my friends who just gave birth. I almost didn't go in the first place. What got me going was that I told myself it would be nice to do something different for a change. I'm glad I went.
2) THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!
For some time now, I've been having waking up in the middle of the night and I think it's partly because there are mischievous ghosts playing around in our house. I'm not sure if there are black entities in my house, though I've heard that the row of houses right across the street from our house is full of them.
In an attempt to exorcise my house and also to again, do something new for a change, I rounded up our 2 maids and our driver, and set-up a little bonfire in our garden.
I got a small flower pot and stuffed it full of stuff I found while cleaning my room the other day. I filled the liffle flower pot with pieces of paper with prayer points from our CLC prayer sessions, comic strips of me and my friends that I doodled while I was bored during NatSci class in college, some of my drawings that I was keeping, my high school Araling Panlipunan notebook, and other little stuff that I kept because they were in one way or another close to my heart. I decided to burn them as an offering to God --- kinda like burning a ram or something. I used some of the incense I got from Christmas to make the bonfire a little more interesting (and hopefully, scare away evil spirits).
I'm not sure it worked. While we were feeding the fire bit by bit, our maid was telling me about a woman in white with long hair that our boy saw in the garden. I got kinda spooked because I think I saw her too before but I dismissed it as my imagination...... I think it's real. I pray for her a lot nowadays. She's not a black entity so I think she'll welcome prayers for her.
3) "Necessity is the mother of all genius"
Last Friday, right before I got into my car to go home, rain started to pour and so I had to rush inside the car. As I was gonna start the engine, I remembered that the wiper on my side somehow got detached the other day while I was cleaning the car. My dad told me to fix it immediately because I'm gonna need it if it suddenly rains. I got as far as five days before the rain finally caught up with me.
I had no idea how to fix that wiper. But I think it's fix the wiper or else commute home or something. So I got into my favorite GAP sailing jacket and proceeded to attempt fixing my wiper. It was probably around 10 minutes before I thought of looking at the other wiper (the one that was fixed) and see if I can figure out how the this fits into that. After tinkering with this and that, I ended up disassembling the other wiper. The story of my life. IF there's a video record of each time something like this has happened to me, I could probably start my own TV show.
I thought, God was probably having a laugh right now. With that, I kinda joined him and started laughing also. There is really something to be said about laughing at yourself in the rain.
It was a good thing though that I ended up disassembing the other wiper... because I figured out how to assemble it. Eventually, I was able to put both wipers back in place and drive home in the rain.
I'm so amazed at how God sets everything up so I'll come out learning something new in the end. This is one of the small things that show me that things will always workout... even if I can't see how they will.
1) WELCOME TO EARTH, JOSHUA!!!
Last Saturday, my friends Tonichi, Ysabel, and I visited our friend Ate Edlyn who just gave birth. The baby's name is Joshua. He looks really Chinese, just like his mommy. He kept on drinking his dede and also pooing while we were there. Ate Edlyn says its the most Joshua has eaten. Joshua was probably making "pasikat" because he knows there are people watching. He kinda has pointy ears. I guess the poster of Legolas that I gave Ate Edlyn had an effect on Joshua. Come to think of it, I've never seen a Chinese Elf. I wonder if there are any elves in China.
I told Ate Edlyn that I want to be Joshua's ninong (though I'm not really sure if I really do want to be a ninong right now). I'm also still not sure if I'd feel bad if she doesn't actually make me Joshua's ninong.
This is the first time that I ever visited one of my friends who just gave birth. I almost didn't go in the first place. What got me going was that I told myself it would be nice to do something different for a change. I'm glad I went.
2) THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!
For some time now, I've been having waking up in the middle of the night and I think it's partly because there are mischievous ghosts playing around in our house. I'm not sure if there are black entities in my house, though I've heard that the row of houses right across the street from our house is full of them.
In an attempt to exorcise my house and also to again, do something new for a change, I rounded up our 2 maids and our driver, and set-up a little bonfire in our garden.
I got a small flower pot and stuffed it full of stuff I found while cleaning my room the other day. I filled the liffle flower pot with pieces of paper with prayer points from our CLC prayer sessions, comic strips of me and my friends that I doodled while I was bored during NatSci class in college, some of my drawings that I was keeping, my high school Araling Panlipunan notebook, and other little stuff that I kept because they were in one way or another close to my heart. I decided to burn them as an offering to God --- kinda like burning a ram or something. I used some of the incense I got from Christmas to make the bonfire a little more interesting (and hopefully, scare away evil spirits).
I'm not sure it worked. While we were feeding the fire bit by bit, our maid was telling me about a woman in white with long hair that our boy saw in the garden. I got kinda spooked because I think I saw her too before but I dismissed it as my imagination...... I think it's real. I pray for her a lot nowadays. She's not a black entity so I think she'll welcome prayers for her.
3) "Necessity is the mother of all genius"
Last Friday, right before I got into my car to go home, rain started to pour and so I had to rush inside the car. As I was gonna start the engine, I remembered that the wiper on my side somehow got detached the other day while I was cleaning the car. My dad told me to fix it immediately because I'm gonna need it if it suddenly rains. I got as far as five days before the rain finally caught up with me.
I had no idea how to fix that wiper. But I think it's fix the wiper or else commute home or something. So I got into my favorite GAP sailing jacket and proceeded to attempt fixing my wiper. It was probably around 10 minutes before I thought of looking at the other wiper (the one that was fixed) and see if I can figure out how the this fits into that. After tinkering with this and that, I ended up disassembling the other wiper. The story of my life. IF there's a video record of each time something like this has happened to me, I could probably start my own TV show.
I thought, God was probably having a laugh right now. With that, I kinda joined him and started laughing also. There is really something to be said about laughing at yourself in the rain.
It was a good thing though that I ended up disassembing the other wiper... because I figured out how to assemble it. Eventually, I was able to put both wipers back in place and drive home in the rain.
I'm so amazed at how God sets everything up so I'll come out learning something new in the end. This is one of the small things that show me that things will always workout... even if I can't see how they will.
February 06, 2004
Nescafe --- one thing leads to another
A couple of hours ago, I didn't have a blog yet.
I got the idea to make my own blog when I was viewing my friend Tonichi's blog. I wrote a comment on his blog. This is more or less what I wrote:
"Aking katoto,
Ang pagbabasa ng iyong mga isinulat at pagtingin sa mga larawang kinuha mo gamit ang iyong t610 ay parang pagtae pagkalipas ng pagiging constepated ng dalawang araw. Relieving at relaxing siya.
Napaalala nito sa akin na kasama ko ang Diyos habang umiinom ako ngayon ng Nescafe gamit ang aking Kermit the Frog mug.
Natatae ako kapag umiinom ako ng kape."
I thought of making my own blog shortly after writing him this.
I wonder if whoever thought of the slogan "Nescafe --- one thing leads to another" had this in mind when he/she came up with this slogan.
I got the idea to make my own blog when I was viewing my friend Tonichi's blog. I wrote a comment on his blog. This is more or less what I wrote:
"Aking katoto,
Ang pagbabasa ng iyong mga isinulat at pagtingin sa mga larawang kinuha mo gamit ang iyong t610 ay parang pagtae pagkalipas ng pagiging constepated ng dalawang araw. Relieving at relaxing siya.
Napaalala nito sa akin na kasama ko ang Diyos habang umiinom ako ngayon ng Nescafe gamit ang aking Kermit the Frog mug.
Natatae ako kapag umiinom ako ng kape."
I thought of making my own blog shortly after writing him this.
I wonder if whoever thought of the slogan "Nescafe --- one thing leads to another" had this in mind when he/she came up with this slogan.
Welcome to Ron Lorenzo's Blog!
Astig! I have a blog.
Though now, I'm at a loss for words to say.
I guess that's ok though, I'm sure the words will find me in their own time.
Though now, I'm at a loss for words to say.
I guess that's ok though, I'm sure the words will find me in their own time.